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Molecular mechanisms of ultraviolet radiation carcinogenesis.
Photochemistry and photobiology - 1 Dec 1990
Ananthaswamy H N, Pierceall W E
Abstract excerpt
UV radiation is a potent DNA damaging agent and a known inducer of skin cancer in experimental animals. There is excellent scientific evidence to indicate that most non-melanoma human skin cancers are induced by repeated exposure to sunlight. UV radiation is unique in that it induces DNA damage that differs from the lesions induced by any other carcinogen. The prevalence of skin cancer on sun-exposed body sites...
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